we ll analyze his budget and then we ll get to work on our budget. but unfortunately with the president being so far delayed, delays others in the process. speaker kevin mccarthy doesn t have a budget proposal ready, and according to him it s president biden s fault. this comes as the president is breaking with tradition and hitting the road to unveil his spending plan. also ahead, the ceo of norfolk southern will be on capitol hill today to testify before a senate panel. we ll have a preview of that hearing. plus we re going to get a live update from ukraine following a string of deadly missile strikes overnight. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this thursday, march 9th. thanks for starting your day with us. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell has been hospitalized after falling at a washington, d.c. hotel last night. according fooa spokesperson mcconnell who is 81 years old tripped during a private dinner. he was admitted to the hospital where he s
trip ahead for you just one lawmaker who joined protesters demanding meaningful gun legislation at the state capital kept her seat yesterday. representative gloria johnson, a white woman, slammed the expulsion of her colleagues justin jones and justin pearson, two of the state s youngest black lawmakers, saying she was the only one to be spared was quote, pretty clear. outrage over the pair s removal is being felt across the country, coupled with the concern of the dangerous precedent this is sending. and a short time ago, tennessee s black caucus whose chairman called the decision an assault on democracy that quote, smacks of overt racism spoke out. it looked like a jim crow era trial, where we saw two black men fighting for their careers, fighting for their reputations. the world is watching tennessee, and yet again, they re watching it for the wrong reasons. quite frankly, i m kpexhausted. what are we going to do now is it going to be business as usual, it happened t
says will quote, end a painful chapter. the new details on the tentative but huge civil settlement between doj and victims of the 2017 sutherland springs church mass shooting. why intelligence officials are keeping a close eye on russia and china right now after trump s indictment what they re trying to stop from happening. and republican house speaker kevin mccarthy threatens alvin bragg with action on the hill. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments i want to go first to nbc s ali vitali who has been following the threats from house republicans against bragg. we heard what donald trump had to say last night with alvin bragg, now speaker mccarthy is jumping in what s his angle. reporter: look, for mccarthy, it s more of what we have seen from him even before the trump indictment became official, we watched mccarthy mobilize here on the hill three powerful committee chairman from oversight, judiciary, and administration, all asking alvin bragg
tonight on the readout tonight on the readout and we fight like hell, and if you do not fight like hell you re not gonna have a country anymore. we are going to walk down pennsylvania avenue, i love pennsylvania avenue. and we are going to the capitol. a judge ruling about those comments from donald trump, which seemed to open up the possibility of lawsuits against the former president by victims of the january six insurrection. meanwhile, transcripts just released from the january six committee, revealing a whole lot of trump insiders with convenient memory lapses. also tonight, more of george santos lives are uncovered. we are going to look closely at his finances, which highlight the glaring need for campaign finance reform. and, in state after state, it may turn voters rejected election deniers and how democrats of a golden opportunity to safeguard voting rights. one of the governors leading that fight joins me tonight. good evening everyone, i m in for joy reid. we beg
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